Valentina

Some folks exercise more aggressively and move more rapidly when angry. Use your anger to get up and get mov'n!! This will not be your last "bump" in your WLS journey. Learn how to turn it to your advantage. Prayers going up for you.

It's about preparing the very best food for my family within my ability to do so. I use only fresh herbs, so the taste varies each time. When preparing an appetizer, salad, Soup course, Protein, starch, veggies, cheese course and then dessert, I am now using a baby spoon to taste each course. By the time the meal is ready to be presented to the table, I am done. I can eat no more. I guess I will be content with my family enjoying my food at a formally set table (learning opp for the grandsons) and conversing with me. - -and no, this is not every night. This is Sundays, Wednesdays and special occasions.

Wrong answer, Brat! You are NO longer "a fat man". So, if running is called for----RUN!!!, young man, run!!!!

contact the local police and have them to escort you. They will try and arrange for "him" to be there, but if "he" is not available repeatedly, the police will simply escort you, witness what you take and how the place looks. Easy, peasy . In and out with any undo stress and/or discord. I realize that this is heart retching, but having a police escort is really the quietest, calmest and most stress free way to go. Prayers going up for you.

For me breaking the habit of tasting food while I'm cooking. I want to make sure that I serve the best tasting food that I can, but if I taste each course as I go, by the time dinner is ready, I am over stuffed and defeated. This has been a hard one for me, but it's a work in progress. I just haven't figured out how to serve food that I haven't "approved". I guess I need to trust my cooking ability and past experience----maybe. Oh, bother...

As my one "dear" grandson says, "Look, Granny! You've been slimed!" Then my other "dear" grandson pipes in, "No, I think Granny has rabies!" Anyone want a couple of "dear" grandsons????? Really, "sliming" is a sign of drinking/eating too "something". Whether it's: too fast or too much, or too sweet, or too rich. You will "know" it when get it AND you will NOT forget it. Just try not to experience it in front of two wise arse grandsons!

Why are you considering going out of "The States" for surgery?

So, here's the plan: Copy off your above post. Put a copy on your bed stand. Read it EVERY night before you lay your head down. Read it EVERY morning upon rising. If you do all of the above mentioned in "the plan", I promise you that you will never become one of the people you are afraid of. Prayers going up for you, Friend.

It's you guys' own damned fault. You have your genitalia just hanging around, swinging to and fro--like little punching bags. If you don't want them punched---SUCK THEM UP!!!!

Give your bariatric surgeon's office a call. They will be able to tell you all of the requirements that are necessary either via your insurance company and/or your surgeon. Good luck and keep us up to date on your journey. Prayers going up for you.

This close to your surgery, any and all issues that are concerning you should be addressed to your bariatric team. Sure we on this site can and will gladly give you our opinions based on our personal experiences, but that is all that is ---our opinion. Give your surgeon a call tomorrow and find out the right answer for your concern. To me, it sounds like excess stomach acid. I hope you feel better. Please post and let us know what your "team" has to say. Why? Because we care! Prayers going up for you, my friend. This close to your surgery, any and all issues that are concerning you should be addressed to your bariatric team. Sure we on this site can and will gladly give you our opinions based on our personal experiences, but that is all that is ---our opinion. Give your surgeon a call tomorrow and find out the right answer for your concern. To me, it sounds like excess stomach acid and GERD. Try sleeping tonight with your head elevated. I hope you feel better. Please post and let us know what your "team" has to say. Why? Because we care! Prayers going up for you, my friend.

Take it from someone not so young and who is still looking for answers. I still hear noises from "Sleevy" and I'm almost 5yrs out. It's OK , though. We've become great friends and I miss him when I don't hear from him in a while. Though, maybe it's just the voices in my head.....mmmm....something to ponder. I did hear that Charles Manson has gotten so old that he now wears hearing aides in order to hear the voices in his head. (just a wee bit of old people humor--sorry) The noise you hear is perfectly normal--especially early out. Your new tummy and the rest of you have to get reacquainted. It will take months before you are fully healed. Be patient. You are fine--really. Welcome to the "other side".

Yes. possessed--definitely.

I have it in both legs--from hip to knee. I've had it since my spinal reconstruction. Mine is a "numb" feeling with stinging pain associated with it. I had it in my L leg after my knee replacement. It lasted for about 18months. I, too believe that Oxy is NOT the drug of choice---at least it's not the one I would take. Oxy is just a very easy fix for pain without delving deep for the right med for the right pain.--and it is extremely addictive. MHO I take Cymbalta which is for "nerve pain". --and it helps without "drugging" me. Feel better..

Sometimes nothing seems to make us happy. There you are, getting comments--some are intrusive and/or rude, but some are just friendly curiosity from folks who might not what to say, but do want you to know that they "notice". Here I am, 89# off and other than my two daughters, no one has said a word about my weight loss. No one. Which is more hurtful? Damned if I know... Prayers going up for us all.

Does your surgeon know your indecision? I would think that the operative set-up would need to be switched out. I changed from bypass to sleeve, but did so a month before my surgery. l needed to be home the same day. The sleeve surgery allowed me to do that.

Yes, everyone is different. "Viva le difference" Just keep in mind that no matter the pain you experience, there will be a well educated Pain Management Team on site to reduce it to a level you can handle. You have the right to be pain free to an expected level. Don't wait until you lose control of the pain. When you first feel pain at a level #5-6, ask for something to reduce it. Do NOT wait until your pain reaches #7 or above. By then your pain is much harder to get ahead of and bring back down. Whatever is needed will be available. Now, find something else to worry about---you know you will. Good luck and post as soon as you feel up to it post-op. Yes, we're nosy, but we also really care. scooching over and making room for you on the, "Losers' Bench". Prayers going up...

There's a reason why surgeons do their best work when their patients are asleep... I first started exercising in the pool after my total L knee replacement. I continued after I had my first spine reconstruction. I am still in the pool while awaiting my next spinal surgery. All of this pool "nonsense" has been since my WLS almost 5yrs out. Whenever I am doing an exercise program in the pool, I feel better, am more flexible and I lose weight. In fact, my bariatric surgeon in conjunction with my orthopedic surgeon have forbidden me to exercise in a gym. I am either to exercise in the Water or take SHORT walks. Do what YOU can do. Do NOT injure yourself doing something you know in your heart (and joints) that you shouldn't be doing. I started with weekly water sessions with physical therapy. Maybe you could get a RX for Aqua PT (insurance paying) and get an exercise routine that you can continue on your own when the PT is over. My insurance is also paying for the pool exercise program. Worth checking out, right? Good luck and don't let anyone (surgical "God" or not) "take you out of the water". Keep us posted. We care. Prayers going up.

Call your surgeon's office. What harm will it do? I have not read one person post that what you are consuming now is correct. Just call your bariatric team and ask. You will be happier and less frightened-- and to be frank---so will we. Prayers still going up.

Yes, it can happen to us sleevers--about 17% to be exact. I am one of that 17%. I have come to think of dumping as a good thing. It keeps me honest and on track. I will dump if I eat anything: overly sweet spicy too dense rice Pasta bread Or if I eat too fast or too much (and I mean 1 forkful too much). You can dread dumping and let the fear of having it keep you from having WLS, or you can think about it on a positive level. Once again, it's all about choices. Think about it. Prayers going up.

I think you are as normal as we come, my friend. WLS is a not only a major surgery, but is a life changing surgery. Not to be frighten would be abnormal. I take percocets every day. I have fibromyalgia , OA, RA, DJD, spinal defects, a complete L knee replacement, and rebuilding of L2, L3, L4, and L5, ---will have L1 rebuilt in the Fall--when I'm ready. WLS is one decision that has eased my pain more than any other attempt to do so. I am prepared to do just about anything that could relieve my of my daily pain--if just a wee bit. Taking weight off of my joints, and spine has reduced my ingestion of oral pain killers in half. Should you be frightened? absolutely Will your pain be less after WLS? I'm sure of it. Will you regret having WLS? maybe at first--which is also normal with the expected "hormonal flush" that most of us go through. Will your life change for the better after WLS? Absolutely--I promise, my friend. Keep posting your "rants and raves", your "fears", and "expectations".This site is full of people who have "been there/done that", and will be able to guide you. If you follow your bariatric team's program to the letter, keep a positive attitude and an increase in your activity level to the best of your physical ability, you will have a journey that will increase the joy in your life with your girls to a level you can only dream of now. This, too, I promise. Prayers going up for you.

I wish you would call them---tomorrow. I couldn't be more serious about my request that you call. Somewhere along the line, you have gotten "off track". What harm can come from calling your bariatric team? It just might help. Otherwise, so be it. I wish you well. Prayers going up for you, friend.

I know that you had bariatric surgery, friend. You posted that you had a by-pass. I'm sharing with you that while all pouches are not the same size, they aren't "stretchable"--especially at 3 weeks. If your pouch can stretch at all depends on your surgeon's preference and performance. I read in another post of yours that you are 3 weeks out. I also read that you are frightened. That is why I am recommending that you call your bariatric team TOMORROW and let them relieve your fears. At three weeks out, you should be able to consume more than you are---and do so without being frightened.

Not only is it OK to have a little more as time goes on, but it is a MUST . I believe you really need to call your bariatric team and revisit your program's guidelines. I truly feel that unless your surgeon did not take enough of your stomach out, it will NOT stretch. From personal experience of misusing my sleeve, I can testify that my sleeve that was is only 10% of my original stomach, has not stretched. You should not be frightened to progress. Please discuss your fears with your bariatric team: surgeon, Nut., and therapist. Each and every one of them will be able to assure you from their own perspective, as to how and what you need to be eating at each and every level of your journey. A WLS journey is designed for success when used as a tool. WLS is not supposed to frightened us into submission. Learn to work with it--not in spite of it. Please, call your team. Prayers going up for you.

I don't get it either. I've never known eggs to be foul. Burnt popcorn, though.......horrid stuff. Happens all the time where I work. The break area has pair of microwaves....each a different size and wattage....one has rotary feature....other does not. People are always goofing up the cooking times needed between the two. The struggle is real. I can remember arriving at work when I was pregnant (many, many, many years ago), making it to my office and then the smell of the open food carts on the units would hit me. The smell of the eggs would let me spend the next hour with my friend, "Tommy Toilet". The stench was just gut retching--literally. yuck. Now a days, though, one of my favorite breakfasts is a poached egg poached in milk with a dollop of butter, salt and pepper. I spoon out the eggs with some of the hot buttered milk and yummy, yummy in my tummy. (did I mention that I am a dairy farmer's daughter? ). Sometimes if the well was dry, we had more milk available than Water... Now about the popcorn... I LOVE burnt popcorn! When I was experiencing GERD--before surgery, I found that eating burnt popcorn actually help rid myself of excess acid. I have set off the smoke alarms many, many times. One time I actually had flames coming out of the microwave! :0 I make my popcorn in a old fashion kid's brown lunch bag--put into the microwave for 4 mins. or until burnt to perfection! No oil--just popcorn put into a brown paper bag . YUM!